depositiondep‧o‧si‧tion /ˌdepəˈzɪʃən, ˌdiː-/ noun 
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the deposition of marine sediments2[countable] law a statement written or recorded for a court of law, by someone who has promised to tell the truth3[countable, uncountable] the act of removing someone from a position of power
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- Symington's deposition was taken as part of a lawsuit between the City of Tucson and the Metropolitan Water District.
- Attention has also focused on acid deposition effects on a wide range of crops.
- But the most surprising fact about this is that all these events took place during the deposition of a single graptolite zone.
- Erosion and deposition begin and end at different times at sites hundreds of kilometers apart.
- Even the pretrial depositions could prove embarrassing and politically damaging if, as is likely, they were released to the public.
- In the criminal trial, the prosecution did not have the luxury of depositions.
- Poor-quality eggshells indicate insufficient deposition of calcium and this deficiency was shown to have arisen because of increased soil acidification.
- Such dynamism means perpetual change and the two processes of bank erosion and sediment deposition are unceasing.
WORD SETS► Geology
Collocationsagglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► acid
1[uncountable] technical the natural process of depositing a substance on rocks or soil: · I can do experiments in the greenhouse that show that red spruce are harmed by ozone and acid deposition.
► dry· This staining on marble is the result of dry deposition from sulphur dioxide gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
VERB► take· But the most surprising fact about this is that all these events took place during the deposition of a single graptolite zone.· And then one day the defendants' attorneys took the deposition of Maggie and the kids.· We took the depositions of each expert.· There is no damned end to the money it costs to take depositions in a malpractice case.
the deposition of marine sediments2[countable] law a statement written or recorded for a court of law, by someone who has promised to tell the truth3[countable, uncountable] the act of removing someone from a position of power